SOLUTION: If the inflation rate is 5.15% compounded annually, how long will it take for prices to double?

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Question 1128161: If the inflation rate is 5.15% compounded annually, how long will it take for prices to double?
Answer by ikleyn(52852) About Me  (Show Source):
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2 = %281%2B0.0515%29%5En 


2 = 1.0515%5En


log(2) = n*log(1.0515)


n = log%28%282%29%29%2Flog%28%281.0515%29%29 = 13.8 years (approximately),  


    so the answer is that after 14 years the prices will be over than twice.